NO ARMENIAN CITIZENS ON THE BOARD OF THE CRASHED AIRPLANE
Panorama.am
12:41 25/08/2008
No Armenian citizens were on the board of the airliner collided in
Kyrgyzstan, the press bureau of RA Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports.
The "Boeing" was making a Bishkek-Tehran flight at 10:30 local time
on Sunday. It had to make an emergency landing, but fell in the field
near "Manas" airport. The crashed "Boeing-737-200" (number-EX-009)
of "Itek-Air" corporation was rented by Iranian air company "Aceman".
According to the Ministry of Healthcare of Kyrgyzstan, 68 people
died and only 22 survived in the result of the air crash. There were
90 people on the board of the airplane; 83 of them were passengers
among them 24 citizens of Kyrgyzstan, 52 from Iran, 3 from Kazakhstan,
2 from Canada, one citizen from Turkey and one from China.
Note that all six members of the crew (citizens of Kyrgyzstan) and
Iranian manager of air company "Aceman" have survived.
Panorama.am
12:41 25/08/2008
No Armenian citizens were on the board of the airliner collided in
Kyrgyzstan, the press bureau of RA Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports.
The "Boeing" was making a Bishkek-Tehran flight at 10:30 local time
on Sunday. It had to make an emergency landing, but fell in the field
near "Manas" airport. The crashed "Boeing-737-200" (number-EX-009)
of "Itek-Air" corporation was rented by Iranian air company "Aceman".
According to the Ministry of Healthcare of Kyrgyzstan, 68 people
died and only 22 survived in the result of the air crash. There were
90 people on the board of the airplane; 83 of them were passengers
among them 24 citizens of Kyrgyzstan, 52 from Iran, 3 from Kazakhstan,
2 from Canada, one citizen from Turkey and one from China.
Note that all six members of the crew (citizens of Kyrgyzstan) and
Iranian manager of air company "Aceman" have survived.